Any tips on localizing dates in .NET or in general?

Question

I understand different cultures specify dates differently. Some put day before month (27/10/2009 vs. 10/27/2009) and others use dots instead of slashes (10.27.2009 vs. 10/27/2009). However, is there anything special that needs to be done regarding the year? Do non-Christian cultures refer to the same numeric year (2009) as Christian cultures? I created a simple C# app and did a toString on the current date, changed the language/culture to Arabic and it displays the same thing. Maybe the year is a globally accepted standard???

Answer 1

Use the ToString() overload which takes an IFormatProvider and pass in CultureInfo.CurrentCulture and the date will format appropriately.